In BI351 Dr. Bray explores the history of the text of the Bible and biblical interpretation. He examines the concept of the Bible as self-revelation—a record of the encounters people had with God, which presents a message to be received by faith. He also covers the importance of the Word being communicated and understood, and the value of the discipline of interpretation as a means of bringing people to truths beyond what they are able to discover on their own.
Introduction
Introduction
Introducing the Speaker and the Course
5m
The Concept of Scripture: Revelation and Its Forms
Revelation Defined
9m
Personal Relationship and Communication
10m
Finding Verses Where God Speaks about Himself
7m
Speech: The Preferred Mode of Communication
10m
Human Hearing and the Bible
10m
Spoken and Written Words: Part 1
9m
Spoken and Written Words: Part 2
9m
Searching for Casuistic Laws in Logos
6m
The Character of Revelation
10m
Jewish Interpretation in New Testament Times
General Themes of Jewish Interpretation
10m
Exploring the Connection Between Jesus and Israel with the Passage Guide
4m
Literal and Midrashic Interpretation
10m
Midrashic Interpretation: Part 2
10m
Pesher Interpretation
10m
Allegorical Interpretation: Philo
10m
Early Christian Use of the Old Testament
General Principles
10m
Jesus Christ’s Teaching
10m
Paul’s Preaching
9m
Acts and Hebrews
9m
Formation of the Christian Canon of Scripture
What Is the Canon?
10m
Establishment of the Old Testament Canon
8m
Discovering Different Canons Using the Canon Comparison Interactive
5m
Establishment of the New Testament Canon
10m
The Canon and the Early Church
10m
Heretics and the Canon
8m
Scripture and Creedal Formation
10m
The Four Senses of Interpretation
The Greek Background
10m
Origen’s Basic Principles
10m
The Literal and Higher Senses of Scripture
10m
The Moral, Spiritual, and Anagogical Senses of Scripture
11m
Medieval Exegesis
Jerome and the Latin Bible
10m
God’s Ways of Speaking
11m
Filtering the Timeline to Study Christian Interpreters
6m
The Literal Sense of Interpretation
10m
The Commentary Style (ca. 1080–1150)
10m
The Medieval Legacy: What We Still Do Today
10m
The New Synthesis
10m
Lectio, Disputatio, Praedicatio, and the Decline of Spiritual Interpretation
10m
Thomism
10m
Renaissance Humanism and the Reformation
John Wycliffe and Jan Hus
10m
The Renaissance: Lorenzo Valla and Onward
10m
Martin Luther (1483–1546)
10m
John Calvin (1509–1564): Part 1
10m
John Calvin (1509–1564): Part 2
10m
The Authority of Scripture
10m
Orthodox Protestant Hermeneutics
The Supremacy of Scripture
9m
The Covenant Principle
9m
Interpretation of the Covenant
10m
Application of Orthodox Protestant Hermeneutics
10m
Strengths and Weaknesses of Orthodox Protestant Hermeneutics